Chlorinated biphenyls and pesticides in migrating and resident seabirds from East and West Antarctica

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1329-1335

  Corsolini, Simonetta ^a   Borghesi, Nicoletta ^a   Ademollo, Nicoletta ^a,b   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chlorinated pesticides; PCBs; Penguins; Petrels; Skuas

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SNOW;

ANTARCTICA; CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; PENGUINS; PETRELS; SKUAS;

BIRDS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; EGG; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NESTING; PCB; PESTICIDE; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROWN SKUA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ISOMERISM; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SNOW PETREL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; PAGODROMA NIVEA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 79960924557     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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